7 in Florida Family Are Killed In Plane Crash in Alabama
A plane carrying seven members of a family, five of them children, crashed in the woods in western Alabama on Saturday evening, killing everybody aboard.
The plane, a Cessna C421, had been flying from Creve Coeur Airport in St. Louis to Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport in Florida when the pilot reported engine problem, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said. The plane was diverted to a small airport outside of Demopolis, Ala., but it crashed in the woods about two miles from the airport about 6:30 p.m.
“It hit some large oak trees and knocked the wing and one of the engines off,” said Stuart Eatmon, the coroner for Marengo County, Ala. “It landed upside down.”
Mr. Eatmon identified the victims as Fred Teutenberg, 42; his wife, Terresa, 38; and five of their children, three sons and two daughters ranging in age from 2 to 10.
They lived in Niceville, Fla., where Mr. Teutenberg ran a company called Advanced Integrated Technology Solutions, a software design and consulting firm, and Ms. Teutenberg ran Discovery Learning Academy, a preschool day care program.
A young daughter of Ms. Teutenberg’s was not on the plane.
Mr. Eatmon said officials reached the plane about 3 a.m. Sunday. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have arrived at the scene.
“Flying is an inherent risk, but Fred was a good pilot,” Joe Fagundes III, a family friend, told The Destin Log newspaper. “He had just been at a family reunion and was trying to get home so he could play bass in the church band Sunday morning.”
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